Dreamwidth too fandom-centric?

morineko has some thoughts about Dreamwidth possibly being too fandom-centric to attract non-fandom potential users, and how the front page may be giving visitors the wrong impression. Although the definition DW users for a 'creative artist' might be a very broad, it does sound like the site is something like Deviantart, or a writing community. (For the record, I am totally not an artist...) IIRC LJ's marketing angle was about "sharing your life" w/ your friends, so this does mark a departure. (Right now, the site emphasizes that it's versatile and can be used for many things) I suppose also, since the word "blog" isn't used, it's not exactly clear what kind of site it is (I think these days people might not be sure what journal refers to).

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